Sergei Bubka
Sergei Bubka
Serhiy Nazarovych Bubkais a former Ukrainian pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News, and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame...
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth4 February 1963
anyone concerns created lost sports
We lost two sports but we did not get anyone in. This has created a lot of concerns and worries.
facility main sports
My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.
sports six needs
You need to work very hard, you have to spend a lot of time practicing your sport - six to seven hours daily.
sports giving good-things
My policy was just to give good things for sports in my region.
sports athlete careers
I have spoken with many former athletes, and they tell me the best time they had was in sports. I listen to them and use their experience in my career.
sports dream clubs
I decided to create a sports club during the Soviet times. It was my dream.
sports heart want
Even now, I want to keep my amateur spirit, to spend my time, to be in the sport with all my heart.
sports running thinking
I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove.
sports thinking needs
I think that, generally, you need to live with your sport 24 hours a day.
gain grow
She's still young and will grow and gain in experience.
outside star
She's a personality, not only for sports. She is very intelligent, and she's a star outside of sports.
athlete breaking great keeps performed proved today
She proved she is a great athlete in the way she performed today and in the way she keeps breaking records.
explain knows position talk thinking
She knows the sport. She can talk to him, explain our position and find out why he is thinking like that.
agreed expect hope normal previous procedures
We would like to have the normal procedures as at previous games. We hope and expect everything will be agreed before Turin.